The putative gene for the first enzyme of glutathione biosynthesis in Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Birago, Cecilia ^a   Pace, Tomasino ^a   Picci, Leonardo ^a   Pizzi, Elisabetta ^a   Scotti, Raffaella ^a   Ponzi, Marta ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteine synthetase; Glutathione biosynthesis; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0033525506     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00179-0     Document Type: Article

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